Posted By John Henderson On November 3, 2012 @ 9:56 am In College Sports,Football | No Comments

The big discussion in college football this week is which of the three teams directly behind Alabama in the BCS rankings will wind up No. 2 if they all stay undefeated. It’s a wasted argument. It’s not going to happen.

It rarely does. Due to pure blind luck or the BCS gods above, unbeatens start dropping off in November. At this exact Week 10 point of last season, six teams were unbeaten. One, LSU, was unbeaten at the end of the regular season.

In 2010, five were unbeaten in Week 10. In the end, only Auburn, Oregon and TCU remained.

In 2009, seven were unbeaten and only Alabama, Texas and Boise State were there in the end.

In 2008, it was eight with Utah the lone unbeaten left standing.

In 2007, it was five with zero — zip, none, not even one — left at the end of the regular season.

ESPN reported that the odds of the top four remaining unbeaten is under 3 percent. But if that happens, Oregon should be No. 2. It’s No. 2 in both polls and will move up in the computers if it beats USC, possibly twice, and at Oregon State.

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